The history of Sandford and Merton

Tommy having been pampered and indulged by his mother and their slaves in the West Indies is a proud and ignorant aristocrat.He lacks the sterling qualities of plain,honest Henry Sandford the farmer’s son,who becomes his model and mentor Mr.Barlow.Despite its title the History of Sandford and Merton is not a history in the modern sense but rather an assemblage of stories Thomas day wrote himself and extracted from a multitude of sources.